Kuching, Malaysia

Kuching, Malaysia is a submarine cable landing point in Malaysia (coordinates 1.5202°, 110.3537°). It serves 4 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Malaysia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Kuching, officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River at the southwestern tip of Sarawak on the island of Borneo and covers an area of 431 km2 (166 sq mi) with a population of about 162,843 in the Kuching North administrative region and 351,815 in the Kuching South administrative region—a total of 514,658 people. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Kuching, Malaysia

Cables landing at Kuching, Malaysia are operated by 7 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including China Mobile, China Unicom, Converge ICT, Irix Sdn Bhd, Sacofa, TIME dotCom, Telekom Malaysia. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Kuching, Malaysia, international traffic can reach 6 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Kuching, Malaysia in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• SEA-H2X (2026) — SEA-H2X is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Southeast Asia and East Asia, with 6 landing points across 5 countries including Kuching, Malaysia, La Union, Philippines, Lingshui, China, Songkhla, Thailand and others. The cable provides cross-continental connectivity, offering an important route for data traffic between Southeast Asia and East Asia. Read more →
• Batam Sarawak Internet Cable System (BaSICS) (2021) — Batam Sarawak Internet Cable System (BaSICS) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Indonesia and Malaysia. Landing at Batam, Kuching, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) (2017) — Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) is a domestic submarine cable system within Malaysia, linking 6 landing points including Bintulu, Malaysia, Cherating, Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Kuching, Malaysia and others. It strengthens domestic network resilience in Malaysia by providing submarine connectivity between coastal and island communities. Read more →
• East-West Submarine Cable System (2004) — East-West Submarine Cable System is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Malaysia and Indonesia. Landing at Kuching, Mersing, Penarik, Terempa, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.